FROM OUR CAMPAIGNSThe terrible consequences of police corruption 12 Jul 2019, 8:51 By Sabeehah MotalaFirst published on Voices for Transparency What do we do when those mandated to protect us are serving other interests than public safety and security? In South Africa, police corruption leaves the public exposed to high rates of crime, and causes distrust of the police service while allowing crime to flourish. New research Read more >
PRESS RELEASES GCB confirms SA belief that corruption is increasing 11 Jul 2019, 6:00 The tenth edition of the Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) – Africa, released on African Anti-Corruption Day by Transparency International in partnership with Afrobarometer, reveals that 64% of South Africans surveyed think that corruption increased in the previous 12 months. The survey was conducted between end July and September 2018. Of the 47 000 citizens surveyed Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS Global Corruption Barometer Africa 2019 11 Jul 2019, 6:00 Today, 11 July, is African Anti-Corruption Day. There is little doubt that corruption is one of the greatest threats to African – and global – stability and development, and yet all around the world, many governments are slow to act against it. Citizens who decide to take a stand against the corruption that affects them Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS Revised ministerial handbook outlines perks and provisions 08 Jul 2019, 10:43 After working off the previous version for 12 years, and promising updates which never materialised, the South African government finally published its revised Guide for Members of the Executive towards the end of June 2019. The previous version was issued during the presidency of Thabo Mbeki in 2007 and as such, was sorely out of Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS Combating trade-based money laundering 04 Jul 2019, 9:07 By Jason Kohn First published on the Global AntiCorruption Blog Global trade has quadrupled in the last 25 years, and with this growth has come the increased risk of trade-based money laundering. Criminals often use the legitimate flow of goods across borders—and the accompanying movement of funds—to relocate value from one jurisdiction to another without Read more >
OPINIONS Corporate SA must do much more to boost good ethics 01 Jul 2019, 9:41 By Cynthia Schoeman First published on Ethics Monitor In April 2017, I wrote under the title “Unethical leadership – the slide from the rainbow nation to junk status” that our country’s history should represent a wonderful story of the triumph of ethics. After centuries of oppression, South Africa’s transition to a constitutional democracy represented a Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS Local govt non-compliance at highest level since 2012, says AG 28 Jun 2019, 11:52 By Kwazi Dlamini R25.2-billion – that’s the amount of irregular expenditure recorded by South African municipalities for the 2017/2018 financial year according to Auditor General (AG) Kimi Makwetu. Makwetu on Wednesday released the audit findings reports of 257 municipalities. Irregular expenditure decreased from the R29.7-billion of the previous year, but non-compliance with key governance laws Read more >
POLICY AND ADVOCACY CW anticipating prosecutions in state capture to begin soon 26 Jun 2019, 10:19 By Linda van Tilburg First published on BizNews It is now well-known how Jacob Zuma and his associates destroyed capacity at many state institutions during his nine year tenure as President of South Africa. We get daily reminders as Eskom struggles to keep the lights on and keeps professing a very large begging bowl. Much Read more >
FEATURE SONA June 2019: enforcement agencies to be strengthened 21 Jun 2019, 9:19 On Thursday 20 June President Cyril Ramaphosa promised plans to ensure that public funds looted through corruption are recovered and used for the greater good of providing services and basic infrastructure in poor communities. Speaking at the first State of the Nation address (Sona) after the May elections – the second Sona of the year Read more >
